Site Event/Activity record ESF21298 - Manor Farm, Lavenham Road, Preston St Mary

Preston St Mary, Manor Farm, Lavenham Road (PSM 001, TL 9278 5069) monitoring of ground works for two extensions, drainage pipe trenches and internal alterations recorded a ditch of uncertain date, a clay built oven of probable medieval date and a 19th century well within the area of the moated island. While all of the finds were unstratified the moderately large pottery group hints at an Iron Age presence with a single rim sherd before medieval activity commenced in the 11th/12th century period. The ceramic sequence is then continuous to the present with a typical south Suffolk group for the medieval period and some evidence of moderate to high status in the 16th/17th century and it is noteworthy that the house is dated to the mid 17th century. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: HER event no. PSM 001 LBS No. 1037057 NMR No. 1548288 Project Type: Recording project Investigation Type: Watching Brief Reason for Investigation: Planning condition Site status: Listed Building Current Land use: Other 5 - Garden Monument Type(s)/Period(s): OVEN Medieval , DITCH Uncertain Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): POTTERY Post Medieval , POTTERY Medieval , CLAY PIPE Post Medieval , POTTERY Iron Age PROJECT LOCATION Area 150.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TL92785069 Point Height 70.00 - 72.00 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body Design originator: John Newman Director/Manager: John Newman Supervisor: John Newman DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk CC Archaeological Service Contents: Ceramics Media: Text, Images raster / digital photography PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk CC Archaeological Service Contents: Ceramics Media: Context sheet, Plan, Report, Section PHYSICAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Landowner Contents: Ceramics BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: Manor Farm, Lavenham Road, Preston St Mary, Suffolk- Archaeological Monitoring Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Newman, J Date: 2011 Issuer/Publisher: John Newman Archaeological Services Place of Issue or Publication: Henley, Suffolk Description: Loose bound client type report